Coprostanol levels and organic enrichment in sediments of the Bilbao estuary (north of Spain)

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 319-324

  Saiz Salinas, José Ignacio ^a   González Oreja, José Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilbao estuary; Coprostanol; Organic enrichment; Sediment; Sewage pollution

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE; STEROL;

BASQUE REGION; BILBAO ESTUARY; SPAIN;

EID: 0032029334     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(98)80018-2     Document Type: Article

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